Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-12
NEWS IN GENERAL.
DOMESTIC,

| racnel flJtman OF New York City, aged
l9, was stabbed in the heart by her father
with carpenters compass, and died almost
instantly. The murderer, Francis Pittman,
Is drunken crank.
A little daughter of William Curran, a
farmer, was picking berries Tuesday, not far
from her fathers barn in Mink Hollow,
in the Catskills when she was attacked by a
full grown bear Her screams brought dog
to her rescue During the tussle with the
dog the child ran home. The hear killed the
dog and escaped.
A dispatch from Paris in the World says the
Gil Bias explains the reason why Mr.. Van
derbilts Alva was the only yacht which fig
ured at the naval review off Spithead in the
line with foreign war vessels, in the follow
ing manner. 1t asserts that Mr.. Vanderbilt It
represented to the British admiralty that in
case of war the American government had a
right to seize all private vessels of the Alya's
1 size for warlike purposes. The lords Of the
admiralty, recognizing tho fact that there
should be no obligation without correspond
ing privilege, placed the Alva i'll its enviable
position, much to the displeasure of other for
eign yachtsmen.
An accident ON the Newport News and
Mississippi Valley road resulted in the death
OF one man and the injury of about u others.
An excursion boat out from Council Bluffs,
Ia, sprung aleak during a violent squall and
sank. A portion of the canopy of the boat
remained above the water and to this the
passengers chung until several small boats
came to their rescue. There were fully 50
excursionists on the steamer. Five men are
known to have been drowned, and it is
thought that two or three others shared
similar fate.
duel with swords took place on the MORN
ing of the 9Th inst, at New Orleans, La, be-
tween Emile Revoire, one of the editors of
L'Opinion. and formerly of the Trait dUnion,
and Mr.. Larrieu, Jr., president of the Club
de la Democratic Francais. The contest re-
suited i'll Larrieu being wounded in the breast
and right hand by single stroke. The
trouble grew out of an article in L'Opinion,
rejecting on the gentlemen of the Demo
cratic Francais for the action of the club in
indorSing Gov. McEnery.
Millbrook, Kan, was almost destroyed by
a. straight ,4 TInd coming from slightly loo west
habitants. Only one house, residence, es-
capped serious damage. One person, boy
years old, was killed.
One man was killed and several injured
in row between blacks and whites in Texas
Alabama's first bale of the cotton crop was
marketed on the 5th inst.
By the falling of so tons of rock four men
were killed and several injured in Washing
ton Territory.
The greatest reaper factory in the world,
that of Whitley, Fassler & Kelly of Spring
field, O., has gone into the hands of receiver
through the Fidelity bank crash.
Mrs Cleveland is enjoying herself hugely
at Marion Mass, as the guest of Gen. Greeley.
The largest retail dry goods house in Gains
vile, Tex, has been closed by attachments
Of over $40, 900.
President Adams of the Union Pacific is
reducing expenses by dscharging leading
officials and scaling salaries
A farmer, his wife, four children and a
woman were found murdered near Macon
20.
Walter NJ. Gibson, the deposed prime min
lster of the Hawaiian kingdom, who was
tried on charges of robbing the public treas
ury, and who escaped from the islands after
bis acquittal has arrived at San Francisco
from Honolulu.
Rev. G. G. Rhodes, Methodist preacher
Of Michigan, has sworn out warrants for the
arrest of 20 persons, for grievous bodily as
sault. Mr.. Rhodes says that while holding
divine service in private house in Rich
township, 30 men, disguised,
entered the house. Rhodes was
seized, and struck on the head with
club. Then his clothes we're removed and
his body bedaubed with tar. A feather bed
was then cut open and the feathers applied.
He was next ridden on a rail and terribly
maltreated They threatened to throw him
in mill pond, but desisted when he said he
could not swim They, however, gave him a
| severe well pumping, and then another coat
of tar and fine grass He was then liberated
more dead than alive. The statement is
made that Rhodes has given great Of
fence in the community by his free love doc
trineS
Gen. Buckner, who was one of the first to
surrender to Gen. Grant, and who was one of
Grants friends in the time of trouble, has
been elected governor of Kentucky.
In the western states the crops have suf-
fered more or less severely from the prolonged
drought. 1t is estimated that about half the
usual crop will be realized.
A cyclone killed four persons at Mill Brook,
Kan.
Eastern capital is to build large oil re-
finery in Pittsburg, Pa, in opposition to the
Standard Oil Company, to employ 800 men
and turn ont IL 600 barrels per week.
The Utah wool clip will amount to 5000 900
pounds this year.
Janesville, Wis, is in an uproar of excite
ment over the elopement of Rev. D. Seymour,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church,
and Mrs. Fanny j. Henry, wife of j. A.
Henry, editor of the Argus Both parties
are prominent in society and religious mat
Methodist preacher ever there Mrs. Henry
has for years been the organist and leading
member of the church.
White frost is reported from Allegheny
county, N. Y.
! The Central Labor Union Of New York
held a stormy session. On motion of the
building trades section, it was resolved to
withdraw all cooks, walters and other union
people from the Fifth Avenue Hotel on ac-
count of a strike among painters there.
By the falling of 60 feet of the cathedral
wall at Cincinnati, o., number of pedes-
trians were severely hurt.
The strike at Brown, Bonnells G. Co. S ex-
tensive mills in Youngstown, O., over the
1.-TWO Job" question, has been settled. The
firm agree to the rules of the Amalgamated
Association, that one man shall not hold
more than one job This is regarded as a
very important concession. All the mills in
the Mahoning Valley, now idle on account of
the job" question, will probably be in
operation soon.
FOREIGN.
While journeying from Dublin to Cork
Mr.. Patrick A. Collins met Archbishop Croke
at Thurles. Mr.. Collins received the arch
bishops blessing.
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